(LOT 146)
1949 Jackie Robinson & Al Green Type I Original Photo – "1950 Jackie Robinson Story Director Al Green Discusses Movie w/Robinson" - Measures Approx. 8-1/8" x 10" - Full PSA Type 1 LOA
Long before the classic "42" Jackie Robinson Movie was produced, some 63 years earlier, renowned film director Al Green produced the 1950 blockbuster "The Jackie Robinson Story". Highly regarded as one of Hollywood's foremost directors, Green's popularity was bolstered via his 1946 blockbuster hit "The Jolson Story" that developed into one of the biggest movie hits of the '40's. Jumping on the Jackie Robinson popularity bandwagon, after Robinson joined the Brooklyn club in 1947, Green ultimately decided to create a movie portraying Jackie's struggle with the immense abuse he faced from severe racists due to his standing as Major League baseball's first African-American player of the modern era.

As a testament to that film's huge success as well as Robinson's embodiment of courage, presented here is a spectacular 1949 original PSA Type 1 photo portraying Jackie Robinson and Al Green obviously in the midst of a discussion about the classic 1950 film. Measuring approximately 8-1/4" x 10", Robinson is captured leaning on his period style lumber and wearing his Montreal Royals uniform, the Dodgers Class AAA farm team that played their home games in Montreal, Quebec. Green is donning his formal attire and appears to be showing Jackie a "batting stance" pose that we can only assume he would like him to use in a particular film scene.

Exhibiting near-perfect contrast and clarity, the black & white image is well-centered between bright white borders with no obtrusive blemishes evident on either side. A magnificent heirloom from that controversial era, it vividly reminds us of that iconic 1947 event when the immortal Jackie Robinson broke the Major League's color barrier, courtesy of the unbridled courage portrayed by both Robinson and the Brooklyn Dodgers General Manager Branch Rickey. An incomparable occurrence that changed baseball forever, and a moment in time that will surly "echo for eternity"! - Full PSA Type I LOA

MIN BID $200